Improvement in combined corn-planter and cultivator



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'Corn P la nter and Cultivator.

No. 83,478. Patented Oct-27, 1868-.

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I Letters Patent N0.83,478, dated October 27, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT-IN COMBINED CORN-PLANTER AND CU'LTIVAIOR.

To all whom it concern Be it known that I, CHARLES Drnn, of Coal Run, inthe county of Washington, and State of Ohio, have invented a new andimproved Corn-Planter and Culti- .-vator; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of thisspecification. I

This invention relates to a new and improvedcornplanter and cultivator,and it consists in a new and improved construction of parts, ashereinafter fully shown and described, whereby a very desirable machine. for the purpose specified is obtained.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings Figure 1 is a side sectional viewof my invention.

Figure 2, a plan sectional view of a portion of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 7

A represents an axle, having a wheel, B, on each end of it, and O is arectangular frame, attached to the axle.

On this frame 0 the drivers seat D is secured, and in front of said seata seed-box, E, issecured upon the frame, the former extending the wholewidth of the latter.

In the bottom of the seed-box there is fitted, longitudinally, areciprocating bar, F, having holes a made through it, by means of whichseed is discharged from the seed-box into flexible tubes G, whichconduct the seed into rigid tubes H, which are attached to standards I,having furrow-opening shares J secured to their lower ends.

The holes a in the bar F may have thimbles fitted in them for thepurpose of increasing or diminishing their capacity, according to theamount of seed to be discharged at each dropping, and the bar F isoperated by the driver or an attendant, through the media of alever, K,connected by arod, b, with a bent lever, L, attached to the under sideof the seed-bod. particularly, fig. 2.)

The standards I are braced by rods J the front ends of which areconnected, by joints 0, to the front cross-piece of the frame 0, and therear ends connected, by joints (1, to the standards.

The two standards are connected by a rod, 0, which is connected, bylinks f, with cranks g, on a shaft, h, having a lever, K, at one end ofit. By drawing back the lever K the furrow-openers may be raised out ofthe ground, when necessary.

To the lower part of the standards, seed-covercrs L are attached.

In using the device as a'cultivator, sharesM, attached to standards N,which are secured to rods 0, having their front ends connected by jointsto the front cross-piece of the frame 0, are used. A greater or lessnumber of these shares may be employed, as desired. 1

The machine is extremely simple and efficient, may be constructed at avery moderate cost, and manipulated with the greatestiacility.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The describedarrangement of the flexible tubes G, rigid tubes H, standards I,furrow-shares J, seed-coverers L ,p'ivoted braces J standard N, sharesM, pivoted brace O, connecting-rodf, crank-shaft by, and lever K asherein set forth for the purpose specified.

CHARLES DYEB Witnesses: a

J M. TnUEsDELL, EDWARD WAINWRIGHT.

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